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Various Problems in Ubuntu 7.10

Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

Lifer
I have had these problems before in Ubuntu, I just don't know how to fix them. Since my Tablet PC dedicated for school work is now using 7.10 exclusively I need to make sure everything works.

First off, when prompted I installed Adobe Flash player. This did nothing-- NOTHING (Despite saying that it was installed). So when prompted again, I installed the GNASH plugin-- while this works, the quality is bad and all the buttons and whatnot (Google Video for instance) are piled one on top of another. Did I do something wrong here?

Next, I have various .m4a and .wma files. Without going to VLC for all media purposes, what do I need to download for all of these to work? (Also is there any program out there that is similar to the latest versions of Winamp?)

Also, I want to download Eclipse and Netbeans. I found them in the repositories; however, I want to know what else I have to download to get Java code to run and compile properly.

Thanks So Much,
-Kevin
 
Are you running 64 bit? If so then look here for your flash problems.

As for audio players, xmms is similar to the old winamp, and there is a new version for which I forget the name.

If you want xmms to play .wma I found a solution with a few clicks on google

sudo apt-get install alien
downloadxmms-wma-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm here http://mcmcc.bat.ru/xmms-wma/
sudo alien xmms-wma-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

As for java stuff, you can probably get by with

sudo apt-get install build-essential
 
'sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-essentials' that should have loads of stuff they couldn't include for you, including java and probably some common codecs and fonts.

download the flash player install from macromedia. uncompress.. run the install/setup and you're all set. the install plugin/etc never worked for me either.

 
Once you install Eclipse and/or Netbeans, it'll tell you that it's going to install the java files too. If not, you can add them in the Synaptic manager. I think it's just the lastest JDK and JRE.

:heart: Netbeans!
 
flash has not been a fun ordeal on gutsy... and firefox seems to be killing my memory.

not sure if you guys have tried the 64 bit Opera that came out, but flash worked right on download.

link

internet seems to be running much smoother now. still trying to learn linux better, but my computer runs 10x better without Vista on it.
 
I will try Opera and then work on fixing flash.

I am running Ubuntu on a Tablet PC. Is there any program I can download that will throttle the CPU speeds dynamically (similar to the Windows program)?

Also, when the computer goes to sleep with the screen open, it refuses to return from whatever sleep state it was in. Instead I have to turn the entire laptop off and back on again.

-Kevin
 
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